The Community Eye Health Institute is involved in several initiatives that seek to overcome the challenges faced by prevention of blindness programmes in developing countries. These include:
- Consultancy and support of provincial eye care plans in South Africa
- Situational analysis and costing projections of national plans
- Participation in the development and planning of urban Vision 2020 Centres
- Registration and deployment of ophthalmic mid level workers
- Establishment of a region-wide Advocacy support network (ASN)
- Promotion and training of District Vision 2020 Committees
There are several programme development activities currently underway.:
Details upon request (email to cehi@uct.ac.za)